Independent reading and writing practice.

Develops independent reading and writing skills. Ideal as a self-access resource. All answers, explanations, student feedback and model essays provided.

It is always a challenge to get students reading texts in Spanish without a dictionary. Aspectos del mundo hispano: Lectura y puesta en pràctica is a fully photocopiable book designed to complement existing advanced level Spanish course books by giving students extra practice in reading longer texts independently.

This book is made up of 8 free-standing dossiers covering the following topics:

• Estereotipos culturales
• Campañas antitabaquismo en el trabajo
• La biodiversidad
• La interpretación de los sueños
• La cultura de los jóvenes
• La enseñanza en el instituto
• La mujer en la sociedad española
• Una fiesta tradicional mexicana

This book enables students to:

• develop the skills to read longer texts on their own
• engage in useful topic-related work
• improve I.B. exam grades in Text Handling
• practise for AS and A2 level exam questions
• improve their writing and oral skills
• work on their own (answers, explanations and model essays are provided)

Aspectos del mundo hispano is based on authentic written texts from a wide variety of sources, combined with a lively, interesting and carefully-structured series of exercises which teach students how to read longer texts in Spanish. All the instructions are phrased in easily-accessible Spanish, and concise and clear notes on grammar and style arising from the texts are provided where appropriate. The progress of the student is supported throughout each unit not only by the graded exercises but also by a Correcciones y explicaciones section which provides the correct answers backed up by explanations, and a model essay for each unit.

Each unit can be set as homework or holiday self-study work, used in the classroom or used as testing materials. The book is perfect for your self-study library since it is designed in such a way that it can be easily used without a teacher.